December 10, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank, 11 Leading Multilateral Development Banks, IMF Launch First Joint Report On Financing the Sustainable Development Goals
"To accelerate Africa's development, we will continue joining investment hands across the globe." - Adesina Read more »
December 07, 2020
Africa: African Economic Conference 2020 - Africa Beyond Covid-19: Acceleration Towards Inclusive Sustainable Development
WHAT: African Economic Conference 2020: Africa beyond COVID-19: acceleration towards inclusive sustainable development Read more »
December 03, 2020
Africa: Development Evaluation Week - African Development Bank Marks 40 Years of Evaluating Progress As Experts Mull SDGs and Covid-19
The African Development Bank celebrated 40 years of evaluating its development efforts, taking the opportunity to reflect on the challenges around monitoring and evaluating… Read more »
November 17, 2020
Africa: Investing in Water and Sanitation Is Key to Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, Bank VP Tells African Finance Ministers
Investing in the water and sanitation (WASH) sector in Africa is crucial to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, which calls for universal access to clean water,… Read more »
November 11, 2020
Africa: Financial Modelling in the Extractive Sector - Harness Africa's Natural Resources for Sustainable Development - African Development Bank
Africa should harness its natural resources to accelerate sustainable development, the African Development Bank's Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and… Read more »
August 31, 2020
Africa: Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa Post Covid-19
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July 03, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Concludes R2 Billion Investment in Nedbank SDG-Linked Bonds
The African Development Bank Group has concluded the investment of R2 billion (around $116 million) in Sustainable Development Goals-linked bonds (SDG bonds) issued by Nedbank… Read more »
Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
June 30, 2020
Sudan: Development Finance Institutions Commit to Support Sudan's Transformation
Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged multi-pronged… Read more »
June 05, 2020
Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves New Five-Year Strategy for Nigeria
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2020-2024, which builds on the successes and challenges of the 2013-2019… Read more »
June 02, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Reduces Poverty After a Decade of Transformative Action
For the past five decades, the African Development Bank Group has been at the forefront of driving Africa's economic transformation, leveraging its diverse resources and unique… Read more »
May 29, 2020
Africa: The "High 5s" - A Strategic Vision and Results That Are Transforming Africa
For the past ten years, Africa has recorded some of the world's strongest rates of economic growth. At the same time, many African economies continue to function at well below… Read more »
April 30, 2020
Africa: Egypt's Gabal El-Asfar Wastewater Project - A Model for Sustainable Development
Bright sunshine has replaced the rosy light of dawn. But Abel Gaber has no time to admire the view of Cairo on this spring morning. Now in his fifties, the agronomic engineer is… Read more »
April 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Wins Industry Gong for Pioneering 2019 Social Bond Issue
The African Development Bank received on 30 March 2020 an award for its successful one billion Norwegian krone (NOK) social bond issued in 2019. This Environmental Finance 2020… Read more »
March 13, 2020
Africa: Sierra Leone to Count On African Development Bank to Help Build Resilient Economy, Restore Self-Sufficiency in Rice Production
Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus on rice production, its president Maada Bio told a visiting… Read more »
November 14, 2019
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum: African Development Bank, EU Reaffirm Partnership, Ambition to De-risk Business Environment, Create Jobs in Africa
EU is Bank’s partner of choice for development – Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
November 11, 2019
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum Kicks off Delivering on the Promise to Redefine and Unpack the Continent's Investment Opportunities
$500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity… Read more »
November 01, 2019
Africa: 'Today Is a Day of Joy for Africa' - African Development Bank Celebrates Historic Capital Increase
The African Development Bank on Thursday celebrated a historic $115 billion increase from its shareholders, the largest in the bank's 55-year history. Read more »
October 31, 2019
Africa: Extraordinary Meeting of African Development Bank Governors - "Make the Right Decision" for Africa to Achieve Its Objectives, Says Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire
The President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday called on the Governors of the African Development Bank to "make the right decision" to enable… Read more »
September 26, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Young Africans Will "Produce the Magic" Says AU Chief As the UN Sounds Warning On Sustainable Development Goals
Leaders should devise an "incentive structure" to promote a startup culture among young Africans. "I think they will produce the magic," Albert Muchanga, the African Union's… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action On SDGs
With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development… Read more »
July 08, 2019
Africa: Independent Development Evaluation Annual Report Highlights a Year of Delivering Knowledge, Engaging With Stakeholders, and Responding to Evaluation Needs to Improve the Lives of the People in Africa
On 21 May 2019, Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank presented its 2018 Annual Report to the Bank's Committee on Development Effectiveness. Read more »
June 11, 2019
Africa: Donors Pledge $17 Million to Africa Solidarity Trust Fund At African Development Bank Annual Meetings Side Event
African and non-regional donors on Tuesday pledged $17 million to replenish the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, an initiative which aims to provide food security and eliminate rural… Read more »
February 18, 2019
Africa: African Union - African Development Bank, High Level Consultative Meeting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The leadership teams of the African Union (AU) Commission and the African Development Bank (AfDB), led by Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the President… Read more »
February 11, 2019
Africa: Addressing Subnational Inequalities to Advance Africa's Sustainable Development Agenda
When it comes to Africa's delivery on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the policies of national governments and their partners will determine the continent's overall success.… Read more »
